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Protesters in Bangalore, the capital of India's Karnataka state, on September 12, 2016, assaulted Rohini Swamy, deputy editor of the English-language news channel India Today TV, and Madhu Y, a cameraman for the channel, as the two covered demonstrations against a Supreme Court order to divert some water from the Cauvery River to the neighboring state of Tamil Nadu.

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New York, March 18, 2016--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the sentencing today of former paramilitary fighter Mario Jaimes Mejía who, according to reports, was handed a 28-year prison term for the kidnap, rape, and torture of Colombian journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima in 2000. Last month, Alejandro Cárdenas Orozco, a former paramilitary fighter, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for the kidnap and torture of Bedoya.

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New York, December 15, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the attack Friday on the home of Argentine radio journalist Sergio Hurtado, who reported on drug trafficking. The journalist's wife was raped in the attack in the town of San Antonio de Areco.

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New York, July 1, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists
is gravely concerned about the security of journalists covering ongoing mass
protests in Egypt. One journalist was killed and six others were injured while covering demonstrations against President Mohamed
Morsi over the weekend, according to news reports.